Mecha of the year.
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To start our new era in Era with some proper high quality anime -new Bokuben PV:
Realised I was missing Tsurezure Children. Started reading the manga. It's so good. The western girl and the sushi gag is killing me. I really want a season 2 of this show.
A high-spirited, jokey anime series about four teenage girls who join a scientific expedition to Japan's Antarctic research station might sound like a show with a pretty specific audience. But "A Place," written by Jukki Hanada and directed by Atsuko Ishizuka, is a funny and moving coming-of-age story that should translate across all boundaries of age or culture. Never mawkish or contrived, it's an absolutely authentic depiction of how friendship can overcome adolescent anxiety and grief. (Streaming on Crunchyroll.)
Nice to see that both Ruru and Ruru Amour made it!lol that was interesting:
100 nominations for the Japanese Internet buzzword of 2018 (Netto Ryūkōgo 100) have been announced. The words are chosen based on the page views from Internet pop culture and slang dictionaries Nico Nico Pedia and Pickup Encyclopedia. From those 100 words, a grand prize winner will be selected based on which word had the highest access counter of all.
This year's list of nominations include a number of words related to the Fate franchise, Virtual Youtubers, and other otaku phenomena. A list of words of interest are below:
- The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
- Shuichi Akai (Detective Conan character)
- Azur Lane
- Abigail Williams (Fate character, not the historical figure)
- Tōru Amano (Detective Conan character)
- Undertale
- Angra Mainyu (Fate character)
- Unlimited Blade Works (Fate term)
- Ikiri Honetarō (Japanese fan name for Ainz Ooal Gown from Overlord)
- Infinite Orphans (fan-created crossover video series on Nico Nico)
- Kiritsugu Emiya (Fate character)
- Shirō Emiya (Fate character)
- Orga Itsuka (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans character)
- Kaguya Luna (Virtual Youtuber)
- Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul character)
- Kizuna Ai (Virtual Youtuber)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
- Gilgamesh (Fate character)
- Gintama
- Bowsette
- SSSS.GRIDMAN
- Kuroi Nintendō (the dark side of Nintendo; i.e. Nintendo's tendency to slip adult jokes into family friendly games)
- Golden Kamuy
- Goblin Slayer
- Sans (Undertale character)
- Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece character)
- Charlotte Linlin (One Piece character)
- Weekly Shonen Jump
- Akane Shinjō (SSSS.GRIDMAN character)
- Android 21 (Dragon Ball FighterZ original character)
- Scotch (Detective Conan character)
- Saber (Fate character)
- DARLING in the FRANXX
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Rikka Takarada (SSSS.GRIDMAN character)
- Tsukino Mito (Virtual Youtuber)
- Deadpool
- Siro (Virtual Youtuber)
- Touhou Project
- Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia character)
- Doki Doki Literature Club!
- Shoto Todoroki (My Hero Academia character)
- Tomarun janēzo ("Don't you ever stop." Quote by Orga Itsuka from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)
- Trafalgar Law (One Piece character)
- Nora Cat (Virtual Youtuber)
- Baacharu (Virtual Youtuber)
- Virtual Noja Loli Kitsunemusume Youtuber Ojisan (Virtual Youtuber)
- Virtual Youtuber
- Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia character)
- Hugtto! Precure
- Cells at Work!
- BB (Fate character)
- Hero course (My Hero Academia term)
- Hypnosis Mic
- Fate/Grand Order
- Ritsuka Fujimaru (Fate character)
- Rei Furuya (Detective Conan character)
- Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure character)
- Broly (Dragon Ball character)
- Hellshake Yano (Pop Team Epic sketch)
- Persona 5
- My Hero Academia
- Kirby Star Allies
- Pop Team Epic
- Bob Epic Team (Pop Team Epic sketch)
- Jinpei Matsuda (Detective Conan character)
- Ultra Instinct (Dragon Ball term)
- Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia character)
- Mirai Akari (Virtual Youtuber)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
- Ruru Amour (Hugtto! Precure character)
- Ruru (Precure character)
- One Piece
The winning word will be announced on December 14. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Niconico.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/in...or-japanese-internet-buzzword-of-2018/.140029
Bloom into You 09
Yuu is really falling in love with Touko, but she's not sure whether she wants it. I like them both and hope for the best outcome.
Gridman 09
Nothing is working for Akane. Well that's what you get for doing what you did.
This episode was visually amazing.
Sword Art Online: Alicization 09
Another shitty rapist villain, but otherwise a good episode.
Not sure whether Eugeo made the right choice in the end, but I didn't think he'd say that. Hopefully the backfire won't be really bad.
I'm glad they have good taste.The failing NYTimes listed A Place Further Than The Universe in their best TV shows of 2018. We made it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/arts/television/the-best-tv-shows.html
This show has been AOTY since it ended and while there have been some great shows since, it's still AOTY for me.
hell yea!The failing NYTimes listed A Place Further Than The Universe in their best TV shows of 2018. We made it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/arts/television/the-best-tv-shows.html
This show has been AOTY since it ended and while there have been some great shows since, it's still AOTY for me.
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Oh I forgot, The Disastrous Life of Saiki has some kind of denouement/ final chapter thing airing on 28 of December.
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Thunderbolt Fantasy 10
Evil, bloodthirsty, mind possessing sword gets outeviled and outthirsted by his vessel. Only scenario better than this would be if monk decided that no one but him was worthy of looking at Hime and sequestered himself in the wastelands.
Duck&Bounty Hunter story line is doing absolutely nothing for me so far.
Watched the second episode of Gridman and I'm completely hooked.
Akane is legit scary and probably my favourite character.
Senryu Girl anime finally??? With this and Kaguya, 2019 will be amazing for comedy anime. Not sure how they'll handle Nanako's poems since she never speaks in the manga. Maybe she'll narrate it to the viewer as if she's speaking?
Either way, hope it's a solid adaptation. I love this series.
So many wsm manga coming in 2019. I also wonder how this will be made in anime considering how she communicate in the manga.
Yup. I've heard good things about the Kitsune manga as well. I welcome all the fluff.
Speaking of fluff, shout out to Doga Kobo for keeping Anima Yell! wholesome. An anime about cheerleading could have been prime lewd material but instead they exercised self control and kept things goofy.
what's it like, being so wrongThunderbolt Fantasy S2 10
Yeah the plotline where Hunting Fox and Enigmatic Gale go "oh you are so dastardly" at each other has probably been the weakest part of this season.
Yeah, not happening.The anime was a failure and the manga ended in months ago.
Below is just the start of the interviews published in the November edition (October releases) of Megami magazine:
Mr. Sugimoto (Anime Producer from Bandai Namco Arts).
"How did it all started": Sugimoto is a follower of the monthly manga of this series. He enjoys the manga (feels like a shounen manga), and often thought it would be even better if presented in anime format. He later learns the manga is an adaptation itself based on the Light Novel series, and originally was a Web Novel published on the web.
He, such as many others here, couldn't wait and wanted to know ahead so he decided to read both LN & WN versions, and again like many, got hooked and finished all the materials available.
He was captivated by the series that takes the standard of "climbing of success", while oftentimes also breaks away from the standard norm, and packs with enough enjoyable elements that should guarantee to be interesting when viewed in anime.
With this in mind he went ahead and draft the plan for an anime adaptation. —end of summary—
The interviews are very long and involved many staffs from all parties which I am not planning to summarize them all, so basic versions only:
1) Sugimoto wanted to watch an anime of this and he is in a position for this so he "went ahead and do it". He approached Koudansha for anime adaptation with manga as source material. 8-bit got involved with the anime production.
2) 8-bit anime directors Kikuchi and assistant director Nakayama are also a fan of the manga, and like Sugimoto, they read ahead and got hooked (saw it coming haa). When they first met the LN author Fuse at project commission meeting, Fuse gave the OK and the only wish was they proceed with respect. Fuse (and MitzVah) originally didn't plan to be involved in the anime adaptation.
4) Sugimoto, Kikuchi, and Nakayama took Fuse's word in mind and after discussions on what/how to adopt, they decided both the manga and LN have their own merits so why not do a merge of both manga and LN for a faithful adaptation of the series.
5) In the end all parties agreed and Fuse, Kawakami, and MitzVah all got involved early in the production for storyboard, designs and finalizing the scripts. The staffs were amazed by Fuse being so well prepared on short notice with all the answers to any questions they had regarding the story and scripts. Fuse did jokingly"blame" this is one of the reasons he still hasn't started the draft for volume 14 (back in October).
Due to this, the anime itself list the manga as source material (no question here as mentioned within the interview in the part with the manga and LN editors). The production committee also list the LN as the "novelized source material" as a fact that the anime being a merge of both.
Based on the above and the current pace of the anime I believe the anime will not go further than what is adapted in the manga as Koudansha's editor is the main overseer regarding source adaptation. Micromagazine's editor mainly act as agent/ middleman for Fuse (maybe for MitzVah as well for this case, not sure).
Fuse kinds of said this himself via a short story he published on his author page regarding Rimuru planning the anime adaptation to advertise Tempest. In the story Rimuru sadly informs someone introduced in LN vol. 5 that he will not be appearing in this adaptation. That character took critical damage but still insist to find a way to "sneek in" to be with his beloved lord, which is why you see him in official anime designs and merchandises.
Fuse also mentioned the opening of anime kind of lied with some characters won't show up in person in this adaptation. Hey, at least there is hope for S2 when the manga gets there.
Saw all of Haikyuu over the past few weeks. The characters were great and played off each other well, hopefully Season 4 is in the works.
Its been awhile tho.. so Im kinda surprised we not hear anything new about Haikyuu anime.
Maybe in first half of new year we hear announcement?
Hmm, I feel if it hasn't clicked by 3 maybe it's not your thing.i've got to make a proper effort and try and get properly into Antarctica anime. I've seen 2, 3 eps, it's just not doin' it for me yet
Hmm, I feel if it hasn't clicked by 3 maybe it's not your thing.
The failing NYTimes listed A Place Further Than The Universe in their best TV shows of 2018. We made it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/arts/television/the-best-tv-shows.html
This show has been AOTY since it ended and while there have been some great shows since, it's still AOTY for me.
The failing NYTimes listed A Place Further Than The Universe in their best TV shows of 2018. We made it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/arts/television/the-best-tv-shows.html
This show has been AOTY since it ended and while there have been some great shows since, it's still AOTY for me.
The fluffy is coming. The manga is so cozy and warm, nice that doga kobo will be adapting it.
They want us to cry and be miserable.Yet another Doga Kobo show that is neither Nozaki-kun nor Love Lab.
Why are we still here? Just to suffer?
Slime 10
Yeah, these episodes are somehow far too short and I'm always left wanting more.